Mbala
Mbala is Zambia's most northerly large town and seat of Mbala District in Northern Province, occupying a strategic location close to the border with Tanzania and controlling the southern approaches to Lake Tanganyika, 40 km by road to the north-west, where the port of Mpulungu is located.
W507, Public domain.- Town with about 24,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,670 metres (5,480 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code MMQ
- …is also known as “Mbala, Zambia”
- …was formerly known as “Abercorn”
- Description: human settlement
Places of Interest
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Mbala War Memorial
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Mbala
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Latitude
-8.84561° or 8° 50′ 44″ south
Longitude
31.37092° or 31° 22′ 15″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZM MMQ
Open location code
6G3H593C+Q9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Mbala” goes by many names.
AbercornAfrikaans
MbalaAfrikaans
مبالاArabic
АбъркорнBulgarian
МбалаBulgarian
AbercornCatalan
MbalaCatalan
MbalaCebuano
姆巴拉Chinese
MbalaCroatian
Mbala (Zambija)Croatian
MbalaDutch
مبالاEgyptian Arabic
AbercornFinnish
MbalaFinnish
MbalaPolish
MbalaRomanian
Mbala, ZambiaRomanian
Аберкорн (historical)Russian
МбалаRussian
MbalaSwahili
MbalaSwedish
МбалаUkrainian
ایمبالا، زیمبیاUrdu
МбалаWestern Mari
MbalaZulu
Mbala, ZambiyaZulu
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